Between Centrist Decorum and Far-Right Power Grab: Some Critical Notes on the Recent Trump Raid - News Summed Up

Between Centrist Decorum and Far-Right Power Grab: Some Critical Notes on the Recent Trump Raid


Share This:twitterfacebookA critical analysis of the neoliberal Center and the Trumpian-Right in the context of the recent FBI raid on Trump’s home in Mar-a-Lago. At 6:30 AM on Monday, August 8th, the FBI showed up with a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s Florida estate. If he refuses to prosecute Trump for anything, he will enshrine the precedent that presidents are above the law in perpetuity. More generally, Trump’s cavalier approach to classified information (1, 2, 3) was well established long before Biden took office. Meanwhile, Trump gets to fundraise off the search, and use it to whip his base into a(n even bigger) frenzy.


Source: Washington Post August 12, 2022 03:07 UTC



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